Some folks have the mistaken impression that I think the US military can just beat everyone up unilaterally, and win any war?

[mjmusicinears@mastodon.world]

@Chasteen @mekkaokereke war profiteers didn't lose

[ruthoday2@chaosfem.tw]

@Chasteen

Ya, but you kicked as in Granada and Panama!

@mekkaokereke

[lebonk@wetdry.world]

@TheJen

@mekkaokereke honestly, since Sparta is something the fash like to romanticize (heh), i'm guessing actual Sparta was also more stupid than we think

[thejen@beige.party]

@LeBonk @mekkaokereke Of course it's was, hence the reference.

[zdl@mstdn.social]

@RuthODay2 @Chasteen @mekkaokereke I'm not sure I'd call Granada an ass-kicking. That was incredibly embarrassing to watch from the outside. Intense Fremdscham in play there.

[illudium_q36@woof.group]

@Chasteen @mekkaokereke

- if only more of our politicians went to the movies...

[laurencelawlor@mastodon.social]

@Illudium_Q36 @Chasteen @mekkaokereke this has been living rent free in my brain for a while now

[s_wilson@mastodon.uno]

@Illudium_Q36 @Chasteen @mekkaokereke this frame makes me uneasy: Vizzini was proved wrong while still laughing the end of that line...

[thad@brontosin.space]

@Illudium_Q36 I seem to recall Trump not being much of a Rob Reiner fan. @Chasteen @mekkaokereke

[klausfiend@mstdn.ca]

@Illudium_Q36 @Chasteen @mekkaokereke Just for fun, I wish Pete Hegseth knew what a jezzail was.

[bremner@mathstodon.xyz]

@Illudium_Q36 They'd have to know where Asia is for that to help. @Chasteen @mekkaokereke